Alfred portales entire career in new york has been linked to gotham bar and grill, the iconic new york stalwart that he left over the summer. At this moment these are top 10 chefs in america best and. The chef, whose name has been synonymous with new american. Alfred portale is in the midst of building a dining room table when he answers our call to discuss the watershed moments in his cooking career. But the chef who was most famous for tall food was alfred portale. At this moment these are top 10 chefs in america best. Bigname chefs like crafts tom colicchio and oceanas bill. Chefs table featuring chef alfred portale food thinkers. Alfred portale generally travels from and can be booked for private corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. American chef, author and restaurateur alfred portale youtube. Inside portale, alfred portales highly anticipated, italian.
One such episode occurred 30 years ago when alfred portale, then an aspiring jewelry artist, had a collection of silver and brassetched belt buckles he had designed stolen at a small upstate new york art show, which shattered his dream of marketing them to a large company. An interview with alfred portale, gothams culinary genius. Alfred portale, the architect of fine dining downtown magazine. Apr 25, 2019 alfred portale will open an italian restaurant in the old rouge tomate space in chelsea. Alfred portale biography, age, net worth, family, restaurant. The chef, whose name has been synonymous with new american cuisine for more than 30 years, has. Chef alfred portale blew right through this signal like a ferrari, opening a namesake italian restaurant in november. He was a pioneer in the new american cuisine movement and is known for his exquisite plating and insistence on highquality ingredients. I t is very often the occurrence of a seemingly inconsequential event that can change the course of a single life. Featured chefs of in julias kitchen with master chefs pbs food. Alfred portale has built a reputation of excellence over three decades at gotham bar and grill. In cooking, says chef alfred portale, simple pleasures are satisfying dishes that are relatively, and often surprisingly, easy to cook. After graduating at the top of his class at the culinary institute in 1981, portale apprenticed in france with the great chefs guerard, troisgros, and maximin, where he refined and.
Listen in as alfred remembers his italian american upbringing in buffalo, ny and explains how he fell in love with food through french cookbooks and found his way to. Alfred portale portale contemporary italian restaurant in. In october 2008, portale opened gotham steak at the fountainebleau miami in miami, florida. Jun 14, 2014 alfred portale has built a reputation of excellence over three decades at gotham bar and grill. Alfred portale is redoing a lot of things for his new chelsea restaurant, including his own food. The first time i ate at gotham bar and grill in the 1980s, it changed the way i looked at american food. In 2015, after consulting on some of the citys most high profile projects, tourondel opened two adjacent properties in manhattans chelsea neighborhood, the vine, a cocktail lounge with a menu of signature small plates and lamico, an american restaurant with italian influences inspired by his upbringing in the european countryside. The estimated speaking fee range to book alfred portale for your event is available upon request. Alfred portale portale portale contemporary italian.
But can victoria blamey make us forget the legendary alfred portale. Gotham bars alfred portale plans to open new restaurant in. It is the next best thing to a day in the kitchen with portale. By contrast, alfred portales gotham bar and grill is articulate, revealing, vivid, and inviting.
Chef alfred portales glory gotham bar and grill days are over, but at his new portale, familiar italian fare, a comfortable space, and professional execution all add up to a decent if slightly. Nov 12, 2019 alfred portale is redoing a lot of things for his new chelsea restaurant, including his own food. Alfred portale, gotham bar and grill, new york chefsfeed. The michelinstarred pioneer of new american cuisine is opening portale, an italianinspired in new york citys chelsea neighborhood. Alfred portale writes a second act, in italian the new. His dedication to gotham and its impact on american dining is revealed in the restaurants kitchen, which has seen its share of many of todays culinary stars.
Influential chef alfred portale is stepping away from the kitchen. Portales two dining rooms are smart, trim and have wellspaced tables but can be loud. While attending the culinary institute of america, alfred portale acquired the nickname mr. Chef alfred portale reveals weird secret ingredient in his pesto. Alfred portale july 5, 1954 in buffalo, ny is at the last position among the top 10 chefs in america, gourmet specialist, creator and restaurateur known as a pioneer in the new american food development. The celebrated chefwho has been at the helm of gotham bar and grill, set on a picturesque street in new yorks greenwich village, since 1985 loves to build things, and when hes not at the. What i set out to do was something totally different, he said. The chef, whose name has been synonymous with new american cuisine for more than 30 years, has gone back to his italian roots. Portale is also the creator of gotham steak, his interpretation of the american steakhouse at miamis newly renovated fontainebleu resort. All american speakers is a speakers bureau and booking agency providing information on booking alfred portale for speaking engagements, personal appearances and corporate events.
Born in buffalo, new york, alfred was raised in a family where his mother and grandmother took italian cooking and adapted it to american. Chef alfred portale reveals weird secret ingredient in his. The eponymously named portale restaurant combines a sleek metropolitan modernity with homespun comfort. This new york city chef is famous for his elaborate presentations and for creating complex. Alfred portale, 52, has been the executive chef at new yorks gotham bar and grill since 1985. After graduating top of his class from the culinary institute of america in 1981. Alfred portale is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics. Her mission is merely to elevate marvelous modern american cuisine, a. Nov, 2019 alfred portale has a big reputation to uphold. The rise and fall of the american food tower fast company. Alfred portale writes a second act, in italian the new york. Alfred portale speakers bureau and booking agent info. A pioneer of new american cuisine, which celebrates classical cuisine slanted with whimsical modern twists, alfred portale continues to earn his remarkable reputation with. Home cooking from the gotham bar and grills acclaimed chef to your own online collection at.
Chef alfred portale brings his heritage and passion for the cuisine and culture of italy to his namesake, serving a contemporary italian menu in a relaxed and convivial. Alfred portales tuna tartare with herb salad, cucumber, lime. By contrast, alfred portale s gotham bar and grill is articulate, revealing, vivid, and inviting. Chef alfred portale describes himself as an italian american who is french trained. Her mission is merely to elevate marvelous modern american cuisine, a style portale helped to create, for 2019. Alfred portale was born in buffalo, new york in 1954 and raised in a family where his mother and grandmother took italian cooking and adapted it to american ingredients. Tall food used to be one of the biggest trends of new american cuisine. Alfred portale writes a second act, in italian dnyuz. He graduated at the top of his class at the culinary institute in 1981.
Browse and save recipes from alfred portale simple pleasures. The chef alfred portale at his restaurant, portale, opening in october. Alfred portale has been its chef for well over three decades, during which time he has won the coveted new york times award of 3 stars. Alfred portale has built a reputation of excellence over three decades at. Alfred portale and gotham bar and grill food recipes. It is owned by american chef alfred portale, one of the founders of new american cuisine, who was also its chef left in fall of 2019, now taken over by victoria blamey. Hes ventured on his own to brandish his italian roots in chelsea truly an event. Cookbooks by chefs tend to be challenging, obscure, even inappropriate for most home cooks. His alfred portale simple pleasures offers 125 recipes for a wide range of such fare, derived from his acclaimed manhattan restaurant, gotham bar and grill, with other favorites added to the mix. The loftlike dining room still looked so much like 1985 that it could have served as a set for the bonfire of the vanities, in the unlikely event that any studio wanted to remake it. His cooking at manhattans gotham bar and grill is widely acclaimed for its refined yet downtoearth deliciousness. Following to graduating top of his class from the culinary institute of america in 1981, portale turned into the gourmet specialist at gotham. Place ring mold in the center of a chilled 12inch dinner plate. Alfred portale goes fulltilt italian at his namesake new.
Put tuna in a mixing bowl and add 8 tablespoons of vinaigrette, scallions. Make a circle of overlapping cucumbers around each mold. Mar 16, 2009 alfred portale became gotham bar and grills chef in may of 1985. Alfred portale, once a jewelry designer, now an american uberchef, completely revolutionized modern food presentation when he built a lettuce salad that literally towered above the rest. Alfred portale is an actor, known for treme 2010, the missing ingredient.
This week on chefs story, dorothy cann hamilton sits down and chats with one of the founders of new american cuisine, awardwinning chef alfred portale of gotham bar and grill. Alfred portale writes a second act, in italian the new york times. Alfred portale is an american chef, author, and restaurateur known as a pioneer in the new american cuisine movement. Chef alfred portale is a culinary creator, innovator and architect whose heart belongs to the very restaurant where his career began 31 years agogotham bar and grill. Portale is also wildly influential, a trailblazer in new american fine dining cooking. With each verdant leaf carefully resting atop the next, a diner is presented with more than an appetizer.
Mar 04, 2020 chef alfred portale blew right through this signal like a ferrari, opening a namesake italian restaurant in november. Nyc italian restaurant portale opens in chelsea from. Every successful restaurant must have at least one cookery book to display in its lobby and sell to wide eyed tourists, and the gotham is no exception. Feb 12, 2020 portale s two dining rooms are smart, trim and have wellspaced tables but can be loud. Chef alfred portale is a threetime james beard award winning chef, restaurateur and cookbook author known as a pioneer in the new american cuisine movement. Feb 04, 2020 alfred portale writes a second act, in italian. He was raised in a family where his mother and grandmother took italian cooking and adapted it to american ingredients. Oct 22, 2019 but can victoria blamey make us forget the legendary alfred portale. This also roughly describes what used to be called new american cuisine, a style founded by mr. I distinctly remember the dish a yellowfin tuna with a pinot noir sauce and gigante beans. Alfred portale menu food of overwhelming distinction.
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